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NOTED AGRO-SCIENTIST

Dr. Indra Dutta Tyagi A VISIONARY PAR EXCELLENCE


Prof. Indra Dutta Tyagi, born to a freedom fighter family of Arya cult of repute on 10th July 1939 at Dhampur in District Bijnor of Uttar Pradesh (India). His primary and secondary education was made at K.M. Inter College, Dhampur. Due to the political atmosphere in the family he was also associated with the freedom struggle from the very beginning of his childhood. He was closely associated with the prominent national leaders like Pt. Prakash Vir Shastri, Babu Govind Sahai,Sri Raj Narain,Babu Genda Singh and Sh. Ch. Charan Singh Ji etc. During 1955 Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain visited Dhampur and he gave his blessing to Dear Indu Babu by saying Life is struggle presently you struggle with the education. He passed B.Sc.(Agriculture) and M.Sc.(Agricultural Botany) in First division during 1960 from the renowned Government Agricultural College, Kanpur. Awarded Doctor of Philosphy degree in 1969. STALWART OF CREATING FARMING REVOLUTIONS IN INDIA Later half of 20th century when India was facing the critical situation for food security, at that juncture Prof. Tyagi made exemplary contributions to Vegetable science by developing number of widely adopted varieties which had contributed and continued to contribute immensely to food economic and livelihood securities. He is pioneer to change the genetic architecture in cucurbitaceous crop plants and credited to have promoted the use to Hybrid vegetables by standardizing technology for hybrid seed production. He gave the slogan VEGETABLES FOR VICTORY during Chinese aggression. He was closely associated with late Prof. Harbhajan Singh,Sh. V.S Mathur and Dr. A.B Joshi.

A CATALYST TO CHANGE FARMING SYSTEMS IN INDIAHe had a tremendous capacity for organization of farmers community. He gained the sustained confidence and faith from farming community and was felicitated by the Human Rights Association of India for his struggle to the welfare of the farmers. Key attributes were visible in his initiation of publishing columns Kheti Bari * Krishi Darpan * Krishi Samayik Jankari and Ghrah Vatika etc. He is the author of the following globally recognised books: PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING. BIOTECHNOLGY AND GENETICS. MODERN AGRICULTURE-NEW PARADIGM. ADVANCES IN SEED SCIENCE. PLANT BREEDING AND GENETICS-AT A GLANCE. HYBRID VEGETABLES FOR NUTRITIONAL SECURITY ADHUNIK KRISHI UTPADAN

A DEVOTED PLANT SCIENTIST WITH HIS REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TOWARDS AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT-CHANGED THE FACE OF INDIA

He joined as Assistant Economic Botanist (Oilseeds) to Government of Uttar Pradesh during 1966. He is pioneer to works-out the Breeding behaviour of multilocular capsules in castor. His elite genotypes in Fawn linseed and Safflower were prominent. Prof. Tyagi joined in senior scale of Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Services in class I during 1972 and was inducted as Professor in 1980 in the Department of Genetics and PlantBreeding at C.S Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur. As a Forage scientist he evolved number of varieties and technologies which are as well recognized in the country to enhance the forage production. He is one of the hard stone of the foundation for creating agriculture revolutions in the Country. Prof. Tyagi, Contributed significantly to maintain the nucleus and Breeder seed of new introduction of various crops as there was no coordinating system in the country. At that time Dr. Norman E. Borlaug visited Agriculture collage Kanpur and showed the way to overcome the food shortage to the genial young scientists like Prof. Tyagi. India was importing huge quantities of food grains from the United States to feed its growing millions in a manner that was famously described as ship-to-mouth sustenance. In recognition of his immense contribution to new knowledge and the science that led transformation of Agriculture towards alleviation of hunger and poverty. He was honoured from various societies and NGOs with title MUKPASHWO KA MESSIAH,DHARTIPUTRA,KRISHIRATAN etc. He was felicitated twice by the Indian Council by Agricultural Research for his invaluable contribution in farm science. He has been empanelled as expert member and advisor with Union and State Public Service Commissions. Presently, he is working as Technical Consultant at Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture,Govt. of India. He is also the member of Quinquennial Review Team (QRT) and Research Advisory Committees of Indian Council of Agricultural Research institutes. Contact number: 09350730906 Email Id-nkvermamca@sify.com

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